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Gentleman losers
Posted: Fri Jun 02, 2006 3:41 pm
by jackobfryer
Fans of Helios, Bibio, even Manual, check out the debut record by these Finnish boys (boc-esque siblings incidentally). Decayed mellotron mania. Love it.
Posted: Fri Jun 02, 2006 4:28 pm
by wwbjd
Hmm.. this is some good stuff!
Bought!
Posted: Fri Jun 02, 2006 4:36 pm
by hGc
Good artists always have bad names... Bibio, Boards Of Canada, Gentleman Losers,...
Posted: Fri Jun 02, 2006 4:37 pm
by wwbjd
Shithouse Gravysmokers
What's a "good" band name?
Posted: Fri Jun 02, 2006 4:50 pm
by jackobfryer
I quite like the name Gentleman Losers actually. Purely subjective. Helios sounds quite cool as well but I guess the whole Hellenistic/Classical thing has been done to death now (see Aphex, 'actium', 'ptolemy' etc.).
Posted: Fri Jun 02, 2006 5:19 pm
by The Other
Boards of Canada is a bad name?!?!?!?! I think its a amazing name
Posted: Fri Jun 02, 2006 5:55 pm
by Derail
This sounds like it could be really good, I love Helios and Manual. Is there anywhere I can listen to clips?
Posted: Fri Jun 02, 2006 5:57 pm
by FuneralCateringService
There are some clips here:
http://www.boomkat.com/item.cfm?id=21826
I downloaded the album, I'm listening to it now, and it's definitely one of the more interesting things I've heard this year. Cool stuff, thanks for the reccomendation.
Posted: Fri Jun 02, 2006 6:03 pm
by Fredd-E
Samples sounded nice.
Downloading full album as we speak.
Looking forward to hearing it.
Thanks
Posted: Fri Jun 02, 2006 6:40 pm
by dj_todos
This Random Sound
Posted: Fri Jun 02, 2006 7:17 pm
by jackobfryer
Yeah sorry, I just felt that this wasn't a 'random sound' and that it overtly synched up with some key Boc ideas (decay, Basinski-esque aural sediment etc.). Also, I thought people might pay more attention if I put it on the main bit. Naughty.
Posted: Fri Jun 02, 2006 8:39 pm
by cmx
i like this, i think i'm going to buy it
Posted: Fri Jun 02, 2006 9:08 pm
by wb
There's a comparison to Vincent Gallo on Boomkat which I think was pretty accurate.. if you liked these samples, you guys should also check out his album "When"! Some nice tunes there, even if some might not like the man himself
Posted: Fri Jun 02, 2006 9:17 pm
by steve-o
not as dusty as Vincent Gallo. Sounds like Tortoise in a way and perhaps Do, Make, Say, Think, but it has it's own space. I like it. I will buy this. Thanks
Posted: Sat Jun 03, 2006 3:29 am
by sevenELIXIR
I think the name Boards of Canada is beautiful... that's one of the things that attracted me most, even before hearing any of their music.
Posted: Sun Jun 04, 2006 4:11 am
by nlogax
not too crazy about the losers; but damn there is a lot of great stuff on boomkat; easily findable thanks to the "customers who bought this, bought that" option
Posted: Tue Jun 19, 2007 4:46 pm
by two lives
Gentlemen Losers is the most beautiful thing I've heard this year. Nothing groundbreaking or revolutionary but just absolutely nailed and so warm and grainy like sitting in an independant cinema and admiring the beautiful clicks when the optical film stock reveals a splice in the leader.
Someone mentioned they were a fan of bibio - interesting, kind of makes sense with the use of tape and super 8. Very tasteful stuff.
Posted: Tue Jun 19, 2007 7:04 pm
by Cupz
nice!
I needed few new good artists...
Posted: Tue Jun 19, 2007 7:18 pm
by bleak.
sevenELIXIR wrote:I think the name Boards of Canada is beautiful... that's one of the things that attracted me most, even before hearing any of their music.
as myself! x
Posted: Tue Jun 19, 2007 7:19 pm
by Cupz
bleak. wrote:sevenELIXIR wrote:I think the name Boards of Canada is beautiful... that's one of the things that attracted me most, even before hearing any of their music.
as myself! x
And me two
